Skip to content
PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Bill · HR

H.R. 3221 (111th)

Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

15 July 2009

Last action

22 September 2009 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Sponsors

Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-11], Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15], Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1], Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10], Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12], Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2], Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI], Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1], Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5], Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2], Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11], Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3], Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18], Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6], Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large], Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1], Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10], Rep. Hare, Phil [D-IL-17], Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7], Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6], Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53], Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9], Rescom. Pierluisi, Pedro R. [D-PR-At Large], Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28], Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3], Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large], Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20], Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4], Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14], Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15], Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28], Rep. Hall, John J. [D-NY-19], Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-12], Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12], Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9], Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19], Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1], Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-13], Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10], Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-32]

Subjects

Environment, Energy, Taxation, Education

Source updated

21 July 2025

Environment · Energy · Taxation · Education

Official sourceDownload fileView documentsShare

Summary

Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the maximum Pell Grant amount and tie future increases to increases in the Consumer Price Index, plus 1%. Increases funding for the College Access Challenge Grant program. Creates two new competitive grant programs that: (1) assist states, educational entities, and nonprofit organizations in implementing innovative programs that promote students' persistence in, and completion of, postsecondary education; and (2) assist states in developing information systems to track student progress in graduating and finding employment. Extends funding for grants to historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions. Authorizes additional funding for Cooperative Education programs that provide students with alternating or parallel periods of study and employment. Alters title IV student aid need analyses, including by establishing an asset cap for need-based aid and excluding employee pension benefit plans from assets. Preserves the student aid eligibility of students convicted of possessing, rather than selling, controlled substances. Prohibits any new loans from being made or insured under the part B Federal Family Education Loan program after June 2010. Directs the Secretary of Education to award loan servicing contracts under the part D Direct Loan program to not-for-profit servicers that meet federal standards and agree to service such loans at competitive market rates. Makes graduate and professional students ineligible for subsidized Direct Stafford loans after June 2015. Establishes variable interest rates on Direct Loans made to undergraduate students after June 2012. Replaces the Perkins Loans program under part E, after June 2010, with a Direct Perkins Loans program under part D that provides loans that continue to carry a 5% interest rate, but have terms and conditions similar to those on Direct Unsubsidized Stafford loans. Requires the Secretary of Education to make: (1) grants to states and, through them, local educational agencies (LEAs) for the modernization, renovation, or repair of public schools; (2) grants to LEAs in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama for the construction, modernization, renovation, or repair of public schools, on the basis of each LEA's share of school damage inflicted by Hurricane Katrina or Rita; and (3) grants to states for the construction, modernization, renovation, or repair of community college facilities. Directs grantees to use specified portions of such funding for construction, modernization, renovation, or repair that meets certain environmental or energy standards. Directs the Secretary to establish an Advisory Council on Green, High-Performing Schools to provide the Secretary with advice on the academic, health, energy, and environmental impact of such schools and assistance in facilitating their creation. Requires the Secretary to award competitive: (1) Quality Pathways grants to states to implement quality initiatives that increase the number of disadvantaged children in high-quality early learning programs and improve program oversight; and (2) Development grants to states to develop the components of a standards-based early learning system that will allow them to compete for Quality Pathways grants. Establishes two new competitive grant programs for states and junior and community colleges to improve graduation rates and employment-related outcomes for junior and community college students through activities that: (1) facilitate the transfer of credits between schools; (2) enhance student support services; and (3) blend academics and job training in a manner that equips students for high-wage occupations in high-demand industries. Authorizes the Secretary to fund the creation of: (1) free high-quality online training, high school, and postsecondary courses; (2) a Learning and Earning Research Center to research and evaluate junior and community colleges; and (3) cooperative agreements among states to develop, implement, and expand junior and community college longitudinal data systems.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 15 July 2009

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 15 July 2009

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 15 July 2009

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 21 July 2009

    Vote

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 30 - 17.

    Source: Committee

  5. 21 July 2009

    Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

  6. 27 July 2009

    Calendars

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 129.

    Source: Calendars

  7. 27 July 2009

    Reported

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 111-232.

    Source: Committee

  8. 27 July 2009

    Reported

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 111-232.

    Source: Committee

  9. 15 September 2009

    Reported

    Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 746 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3221 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Education and Labor now printed in the bill.

    Source: Floor

  10. 16 September 2009

    Floor

    The Speaker designated the Honorable Sheila Jackson-Lee to act as Chairwoman of the Committee.

    Source: Floor

  11. 16 September 2009

    Floor

    Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 3221 as unfinished business.

    Source: Floor

  12. 16 September 2009

    Passed

    On motion that the Committee rise Agreed to by voice vote.

    Source: Floor

  13. 16 September 2009

    Floor

    Mr. Miller, George moved that the Committee rise.

    Source: Floor

  14. 16 September 2009

    Floor

    House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 746 and Rule XVIII.

    Source: Floor

  15. 16 September 2009

    Floor

    Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3221 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Education and Labor now printed in the bill.

    Source: Floor

  16. 16 September 2009

    Floor

    Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 746. (consideration: CR H9594-9637; text of amendment in the nature of the substitute: CR H9604-9624)

    Source: Floor

  17. 16 September 2009

    Passed

    Rule H. Res. 746 passed House.

    Source: Floor

  18. 17 September 2009

    Floor

    The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 3221.

    Source: Floor

  19. 17 September 2009

    Passed

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

    Source: Floor

  20. 17 September 2009

    Vote

    On passage Passed by recorded vote: 253 - 171 (Roll no. 719).

    Source: Floor

  21. 17 September 2009

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 253 - 171 (Roll no. 719).

    Source: Floor

  22. 17 September 2009

    Vote

    On motion to recommit with instructions Agreed to by recorded vote: 345 - 75, 2 Present (Roll no. 718).

    Source: Floor

  23. 17 September 2009

    Floor

    The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H9700)

    Source: Floor

  24. 17 September 2009

    Floor

    Mr. Issa moved to recommit with instructions to Education and Labor. (consideration: CR H9699-9701; text: CR H9699)

    Source: Floor

  25. 17 September 2009

    Passed

    The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. (text: CR 9/16/2009 H9604-9624)

    Source: Floor

  26. 17 September 2009

    Floor

    The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H9699)

    Source: Floor

  27. 17 September 2009

    Floor

    The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 3221.

    Source: Floor

  28. 17 September 2009

    Floor

    ORDER OF PROCEDURE - Mr. George Miller (CA) asked unanimous consent that, during proceedings today in the House and in the Committee of the Whole, the Chair be authorized to reduce to two minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any question that otherwise could be subjected to five-minute voting under clause 8 or 9 or rule 20 or under clause 6 of rule 18.

    Source: Floor

  29. 17 September 2009

    Floor

    The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.

    Source: Floor

  30. 17 September 2009

    Floor

    Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H9675-9702)

    Source: Floor

  31. 21 September 2009

    Introduced

    Received in the Senate.

    Source: IntroReferral

  32. 22 September 2009

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

    Source: IntroReferral

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

Documents

11 official files

Referred in Senate (text)

View fileDownload file

This file cannot be previewed here. Use View or Download.

Leesvertaling

Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Referred in Senate (text)

    Referred in Senate · EN · 22 September 2009

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

  • Referred in Senate (PDF)

    Referred in Senate · EN · 22 September 2009

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Engrossed in House (text)

    Engrossed in House · EN · 17 September 2009

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Engrossed in House (PDF)

    Engrossed in House · EN · 17 September 2009

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Passed House amended

    summary · EN · 17 September 2009

    Open at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Reported in House (text)

    Reported in House · EN · 27 July 2009

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Reported in House (PDF)

    Reported in House · EN · 27 July 2009

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Reported to House with amendment(s)

    summary · EN · 27 July 2009

    Open at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in House (text)

    Introduced in House · EN · 15 July 2009

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in House (PDF)

    Introduced in House · EN · 15 July 2009

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in House

    summary · EN · 15 July 2009

    Open at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

Sponsors

Related records

Showing 9 of 25 related records.

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.